Mattermost vs. Socialtext (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Mattermost
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Mattermost from the company of the same name in Palo Alto is a messaging, collaboration and communication platform providing high security and compliance for the businesses that need it.
$0
per month per user
Socialtext (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Social Text was a tool that focused on social learning and includes Twitter-like microblogging capabilities. The product competed with MindTouch,Confluence, Jive Team Collaboration and other collaboration platforms. It was acquired by PeopleFluent in 2012 and is no longer available as a separate product, though similar capabilities are supplied by the PeopleFluent platform.
$1
Starting Price Per Month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Free Self-Hosted
$0
per month per user
Professional
$10
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Us
per month per user
Socialtext
$1.00
Starting Price Per Month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Mattermost
8.3
29 Ratings
6% above category average
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.6
1 Ratings
3% below category average
Task Management7.418 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.310 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Scheduling8.310 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.513 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Mobile Access8.628 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Search9.225 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Visual planning tools8.812 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Mattermost
8.8
31 Ratings
9% above category average
Socialtext (discontinued)
7.2
1 Ratings
11% below category average
Chat9.831 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Notifications8.631 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Discussions9.429 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Surveys9.018 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase8.617 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting8.59 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.613 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook8.29 Ratings00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Mattermost
8.8
29 Ratings
8% above category average
Socialtext (discontinued)
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Ratings
Versioning8.812 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files9.123 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files9.123 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration8.419 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control8.923 Ratings00 Ratings
Advanced security features8.420 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive8.713 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync9.217 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.8 out of 10
Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 8.7 out of 10
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.5
(32 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.8
(6 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.5
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Mattermost
Mattermost is definitely appropriate for a growing company with team members spread out across the u.s. and Canada. It’s given me the ability to have access to anyone with the information I need or the ability to develop friendships, working relationships with people I otherwise wouldn’t have access to
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We use Social Text as a platform to air our issues with different departments. We voice our concerns and suggestions so we can help find a solution to the problems we incur on a daily basis. We need to have social text as an app so we can communicate in real time not only during work hours.
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Pros
Mattermost
  • We collaborate as a team with great efficiency and ease, we solve any problem or need together through the Mattermost chat.
  • Communication is made regardless of the distance where my colleagues are, it is very fast and does not slow down the progress of our work.
  • We can create many channels and be more efficient, we enhance the internal productivity of each department.
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  • Version history - Always keeps the edited versions and one can revert back any time
  • Creating and Editing an article is very easy and intutive
  • Sharing the articles with peers
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Cons
Mattermost
  • Some of the features in paid plans could be free, however, they have much offered in free plan (self-hosted)
  • The Desktop App we use on windows has some bugs, like when Mattermost is down and comes back up, the app needs restart
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  • Search needs a ton of improvements. It was very slow a year ago
  • Search result quality was also not that good
  • I know they have improved their UI recently but when i used it last year it did not really have any design elements which could be used to make the articles look more presentable. It was important for us as we used it for external communication as well.
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Likelihood to Renew
Mattermost
Mattermost has been an excellent tool for our business, allowing for a very cost-effective means of communicating, collaborating, and sharing project and business documentation and resources. The free community edition allows for simple installation on existing cloud server resources which results in significantly lower recurring costs compared to the competition
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We have a lot of info in Socialtext already. It would be hard to get all that info out and port it to a different system
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Usability
Mattermost
It's an extremely easy to use software, and I would recommend it to every company that is growing. I think they could improve their notification system, as it gets a little spammy sometimes and important notifications get lost. Also needs to improve the number of private chats that you are allowed to create.
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Support Rating
Mattermost
We have not had to contact support for Mattermost ever. All that we have needed has been available in the documentation or website. One of our DevOps team members set it up in a couple of hours. The whole team was using Mattermost that same day. No support needed.
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No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Mattermost
This went as expected. No surprises or major hurdles.
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Alternatives Considered
Mattermost
Before Mattermost, we used Stride first, and then Slack as our communication platform. Stride got discontinued so it is not comparable, but Slack got very costly for us, with basically the same features as Mattermost - a matter of fact, the "reply" feature is surprisingly non-existent on Slack (you can reply by opening a different thread, but that is hard to follow in most cases), and not only exists in Mattermost but very straightforward. We have considered using Discord too, but then chose Mattermost for its open-source nature, and the possibility of running our very own self-hosted servers, with total control.
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I frankly like Confluence better than socialtext because of the speed and the quality of search. They also have better design elements which can help make the articles pleasant to the eyes.
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Return on Investment
Mattermost
  • Very high performing data migration functions and easy to navigate.
  • Creating analytics on multiple big data is a very simple and reliable report with multiple benefits.
  • Collaboration is effective, and easy project documentation.
  • Lead generation is excellent and easy on access control management.
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  • We get solutions to concerns much faster
  • We promote interactions with the other depts
  • We listen and have discussions
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ScreenShots

Mattermost Screenshots

Screenshot of Channels: All team communications in one place.Screenshot of Playbooks: Orchestrates work across tools and teams.Screenshot of Boards: Project planning and milestones.Screenshot of Connections: Unites the entire technology stack through a single point of collaboration.